Map of Italian Ham Radio Repeaters

Andrea Nuzzi IZ8WNH has made available an interactive map of amateur radio repeaters in Italy 

By selecting a place of interest, the application displays the results on both map and a table. The data can be downloaded as a CSV file for programming your transceiver memories using CHIRP or ADMS (for Yaesu radios).

Italian Repeater Map - https://www.iz8wnh.it/en.html

RTÉ Radio 1 LW Continues till 2019

Irish national broadcaster RTÉ has agreed to continue its longwave 252 services in the UK until the end of June 2019.

RTÉ long term plan for RTE Radio 1 is for the station to gain approval from UK authorities to launch via a chain of small broadcast networks which cover main urban centres. Currently, a broadcaster has to be based in the UK to obtain an Ofcom licence.

RTÉ says using the DAB+ platform reduce broadcasting costs to one-fifth of the present quarter of a million per annum that RTÉ spends in running costs for RTE Radio LW 252.

Media Story - http://radiotoday.ie/2017/03/rte-radio-1-to-continue-on-longwave-till-2019/

Italian Special Event

Amateur Radio Special Event Station II0CXX will be active every Saturday throughout March to May 2017, during the Collins Collectors Association of Europe (CCAE) Net, at 1000z on 7165 kHz.

This activity is in remembrance of the 30th anniversary of Arthur A. Collins's, W0CXX, death (1987-2017) founder of the Collins Radio Company -- he became a Silent Key in 1987.

QSL via IK0IXI only direct, NO Bureau and NO eQSL.